About the Lab

The Music Lab is designed to be a user lab, offering the Tech community incredible digital music capabilities. Patrons can compose, print, playback, and record original music electronically; digitize analog recordings; develop aural skills through interactive programs; create marching band drills; edit and burn existing digital music; as well as listen to and watch multimedia titles.

The Music Lab houses the library's multimedia collection of over 5000 audio titles primarily on CD and LP, and over 2400 video titles on DVD and VHS.

The Music Lab opened in 1999 with the new Pendergraft Library & Technology Center. Initially it housed 12 MAC stations. In 2001, Lynn Calhoun, past lab director, initiated the changeover to PCs for better security, support, and networking capabilities. Currently the lab has 15 networked PC workstations and a projection system. The Control Room contains 2 PCs, a laser printer, a scanner, and a Media Tower that allows distribution of media to any combination of student workstations.

Usage of the lab has increased each year. There were over 28,900 patron visits to the lab in 2005-2006. The lab's current director, Barb Longair, emphasizes that the lab is for all of the Tech community. "The Music Lab is a jewel in the library's crown. We're here to provide library patrons with multimedia resources, including outstanding music hardware and software."